most passing yards in 12th season

Tom Brady had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his 12th season, with 5,235 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 12th season
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
2011
16
401
611
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
2012
16
422
670
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,792
2015
16
437
661
66.1
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
4Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,671
2015
16
342
537
63.7
8.7
291.9
35
11
104.6
6.5
2.0
25
151
5Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,500
2009
16
393
571
68.8
7.9
281.3
33
16
99.9
5.8
2.8
10
74
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,466
2019
15
408
616
66.2
7.3
297.7
26
14
92.1
4.2
2.3
48
316
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,453
1994
16
385
615
62.6
7.2
278.3
30
17
89.2
4.9
2.8
18
113
8Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,432
2015
16
387
618
62.6
7.2
277.0
35
14
93.6
5.7
2.3
27
157
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,428
2016
16
401
610
65.7
7.3
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
10Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,228
1995
16
377
606
62.2
7.0
264.3
33
14
91.5
5.4
2.3
38
277
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,084
2020
16
339
528
64.2
7.7
255.3
26
10
96.3
4.9
1.9
38
254
12Alex Smith
A. Smith
4,042
2017
15
341
505
67.5
8.0
269.5
26
5
104.7
5.1
1.0
35
207
13Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,944
1990
15
321
520
61.7
7.6
262.9
26
16
89.0
5.0
3.1
29
153
14Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,938
2015
12
319
469
68.0
8.4
328.2
21
16
94.5
4.5
3.4
20
141
15Kurt Warner
K. Warner
3,753
2009
15
339
513
66.1
7.3
250.2
26
14
93.2
5.1
2.7
24
172
16Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,740
1984
13
317
507
62.5
7.4
287.7
19
17
83.4
3.7
3.4
29
228
17Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
3,730
2000
16
324
533
60.8
7.0
233.1
19
18
79.7
3.6
3.4
62
331
18Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,658
2002
16
341
551
61.9
6.6
228.6
27
16
85.6
4.9
2.9
26
188
19John Elway
J. Elway
3,490
1994
14
307
494
62.1
7.1
249.3
16
10
85.7
3.2
2.0
46
303
20Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
3,450
1985
16
255
484
52.7
7.1
215.6
17
20
70.2
3.5
4.1
34
289
21Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
3,430
2000
16
284
473
60.0
7.3
214.4
28
11
92.4
5.9
2.3
28
124
22Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3,428
1967
14
255
436
58.5
7.9
244.9
20
16
83.6
4.6
3.7
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,377
2010
13
275
472
58.3
7.2
259.8
14
15
77.1
3.0
3.2
37
271
24George Blanda
G. Blanda
3,330
1961
14
187
362
51.7
9.2
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
25Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
3,256
1998
14
259
421
61.5
7.7
232.6
29
7
101.6
6.9
1.7
19
140
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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13
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9
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9
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.471
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9
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11
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.353
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14
3
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.824
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12
5
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